Protector for hats and caps



l. ROSENFELD.

PROTECTOR FOR HATS AND CAPS.

APPLICATlON HLED MAR. 11. 1919.

1,33 1,876. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

ISAAC ROSENFELD, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be' it known that I, ISAAC RosENFEtn, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Malden, county Of'MidCllBSGX, State of Massachusetts,have invented an Improvement in Protectors for Hats and Caps, of

p which the following is a specification.

In selling hats and caps at retail, a cus- "tomer'frequently tries onseveral of'these articles before deciding-on a purchase, andconsequently he tries onseveral hats which he does not purchase.

This practice is believed to be unhygienic and liable to result in thecommunication of skin diseases from one to another. Moreover, customers,as a rule, prefer not to place hats on their heads, which havebeen onthe heads of others, for other reasons.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, convenient andeffective means for protecting the sweat bandof a hat or cap before itis sold at retail,which will not substantially effect the size of thehat, whereby each customer may be assured, that, when he tries on a hat,his head does not come into actual contact with the same surface as thatwhich came into contact with the head of the customer who may havepreviously tried it on.

I accomplish this object by providing within the hat or cap a package ofthin papers, so arranged that the sheets thereof may be successivelyturned into a position to cover the sweat band, or other portion of thehat which fits on the head, while it is being tried on by theprospective purchaser, the arrangement being such that the sheets may beeither successively torn off, so that a fresh sheet may be employed forthe next customer, or the whole'package may be readily removed in casethe hat is sold.

I accomplish these objects by the employment of the means shown in theaccompanying drawing in which:

Figure l is alongitudinal sectional view of a cap provided with anembodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a somerno'rnc'ron FOR HATS ANDoars. V

Specification of Letters Patent,

"mately half the length of the sweat band and the width thereof beingsli htl scribed.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920. I

Application filed March 17, 1919. Serial No. 283,079.

, Figs. 1, 2 and 3, as applied to a common form of cap a, having theusual leather sweat band I), attached thereto at the brim.

According to my invention, I provide a package 0, composed of strips ofthin, tissue paper and secured together by eyelets d, along onelongitudinal edge, the length thereof being 'suflicient to extendapproxigreater than the width of the sweat an I This package is arrangedwith its edge hav ng the eyelets 03 therein within the un attached edgeportion of the sweat band, so that it extends from points approximatelyat the middle at one side, about the front,

to the corresponding point at the opposite side.

The edge portion of the sweat band may be provided with eyelets e in itsedge portion, one at the middle of the front and two at the middle ofthe sides. Theeyelets d. are correspondingly arranged in the package,and fasteners f, which may be 'ofthe ordinary -McGill type, are passedthrough the corresponding eyelets d and e to attach the package ofpapers to the sweat band, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

A similar package 0 may be applied in like manner to the rear half ofthe sweat band, and secured in position by fasteners f, in a mannersimilar to that before de- In case a cap, thus fitted, is to be triedon, the saleman turns down the innermost strip, or sheet of eachpackage, so that it is bent sharply over the edge of the sweat band andlies against the surface thereof, as shown in. Figs. 2 and 3, completelycovering the outer surface thereof. As thus arranged, when the cap istried on, the head of the person on which the cap is placed cannot comein contact with the surface of the sweataband, aswill be obvious.

As each sheet of pa er is very thin, it

will not appreciably a ect the size of the cap when'it is tried on. Ifthe customer decides not to purchase a particular cap, the sheets whichwere turned down will be torn off, so that the next sheet may be turneddown when the cap is to be tried on the next package will be entirelyremoved.

'While the paper package may be conveniently attached to the sweat band,as, above described, when the cap is not procustomer, or if the hat ispurchased, the

vided with a sweat band, the advantages of my invention may be securedby securing the package directly to the cloth of the cap by theemployment of small wire staple fasteners g, as indicated in- Fig. 4.Such fasteners may be applied without injury to the materialand may beeasily removed.

The manner in which this form of my invention is employed is similar tothat already described, the sheets being turned down to cover the rimportion of the hat which fits on the head, asindicated.

I claim: g V

1. In combination with a hat or. cap, a package, composed of a pluralityof thin paper strips, disposed therein at a substantial distance abovethe rim thereof, and extending about the front portion thereof, at

" taching means at the lower edge of said package for securing it insaid position, to

permit each strip to be successively turned down tocover the] headengaging portionof,

the hat orcap above which the package is disposed.

2; In combination with a hat or cap having a sweat band attachedadjacent its rim, a package composed of a plurality of strips of thinpaper removably attached at one longitudinal edge to the free edgeportion of the sweat band, normally to extend thereabove, and arrangedto be I successively folded down over said band.

3 In combination with a a package of thin paper strips attachedto getherat one longitudinal edge and disposed p p g hat or cap new ing a sweatband attachedadjacent its rim,

means. for temporarily connecting the over-1' lying portionsof thepackage and band;

In testimony whereof,,1 have signed my name tothis specification. I I

ISAAC ROSENFELD; 1

